Parent Council – Halloween Party 26.10.2022(2)

Term 2 has been a really busy time for Primary 1. We have continued learning all of our initial sounds using Jolly Phonics.  The children are also becoming more confident at forming their letters when writing. All of our children are now reading in their reading groups and doing well to remember their tricky words. The love reading all kinds of stories and finding out about the characters.

This term we completed another block of Talk for Writing but this time it was focussing on non-fiction. We used the story of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to talk about a journey. The children loved learning all the actions and noises for the different parts of the story. We then edited this to create our own recount of a journey. Some children were able to write their sentences with just a little help which is amazing for their age.

In maths, we began learning about addition and using our numbers to create addition stories to 10. We played lots of addition games using different resources to help the children understand the concept of addition. We also learned about the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects, and practised measuring the length, mass and volume of different objects. This was all done practically out in the open area with the children sometimes getting very wet!!

Our topic this term was People Who Help Us and we learned about the different jobs people do and also how to stay safe. We also learned about our 5 Senses and our own body.

Forest School has been a big success with Primary 1. They all remember the rules from the EYC and love to get out and explore.

The children all did us proud at Christmas. We were sad to not be able to have a proper Nativity but they still enjoyed learning all their songs and actions and performing for the video. We hope you all enjoyed watching them in the run up to Christmas.

Class Learning Leaflet T2

Term 2 has been a great success!

We started the term by continuing to work on our WW2 topic in the run up to Remembrance Day. A huge thank you to Breagh and Tynam who did an amazing job representing our school at the memorial parade and service held at the Golf Course monument.

We then moved on to a science based topic, focusing on energy  and sustainability. We linked this to the on-going climate summit ‘COP26’ which was on-going in Glasgow at the time. We explored a range of different ways we use energy on a daily basis and debated the benefits and risks of renewable energy vs fossil fuels.

Our numeracy focus this term was fractions, decimals and percentages. We linked a lot of this work to real life situations and looked at shop sales, deals and VAT. We have built our numeracy skills to allow us to solve lots of real life problems!

In term 2 we have been working towards leadership awards in PE with our active schools coach – Emma Parker. We developed our own games and worked on our coaching skills to deliver the activities to our peers. We will eventually be delivering these as clubs to the younger pupils in the school.

We had lots of fun completing lots of Christmassy activities including problem solving, STEM challenges and art work.

Find out the rest of what we have been learning in our –

Class Learning Leaflet T2

LET 20210816 Parent-Carer Covid Update Letter

Maybole Community Campus Video Presentation

TRANSITION Peep poster for new starts Gardenrose

Nursery Menu April 2021

Parents appointments 31st March 2021

Below are some links to our Talk for Writing Parents’ Information materials that we used in our Virtual Presentation in March.

Link to YouTube video ‘Talk for Writing at Gardenrose’, showing our children showing off their Talk for Writing skills!:

Parent’s Information leaflet: This was created to provide some information on the Talk for Writing process in a short and easy-read leaflet. T4W Parent Guide

Parent Workshop presentation: The presentation has voice-overs from Mrs Boyd explaining the process. T4W Parent Workshop Feb 2021 VOICE OVER VERSION –